Township Committee — November 11, 2025
The Committee voted 3-2 (Resolution #2025-0395) to have the Planning Board investigate the former Lord Stirling School property, 99 Lord Stirling Road and 25 Sherwood Drive, as a possible non-condemnation area in need of redevelopment. It adopted two wetlands conservation easement ordinances and rescinded the Aqualis award for MS4 stormwater mapping. Eight of the ten public speakers commented on the Allen Road incident.
- Development
- Environment
- Infrastructure
- Government
Meeting recording
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What happened
What the record shows
All five members were present: Asay, Duarte McCarthy, McNally, Tancredi and Mayor Fields. The meeting opened at 7:31 p.m. and adjourned at 8:35 p.m. There was no executive session.
Lord Stirling School resolution
- Resolution #2025-0395 authorizes the Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation of 99 Lord Stirling Road (Block 3101, Lot 2) and 25 Sherwood Drive (Block 3101, Lot 3) as a non-condemnation redevelopment area. Motion Tancredi, second Duarte McCarthy. Carried 3-2: aye McNally, Tancredi, Fields; nay Asay, Duarte McCarthy. The minutes record no reasons for the votes. See the Lord Stirling School property.
Ordinances
- #2588, accepting a wetlands conservation easement at 16 Saint Nickolas Way (Block 8802, Lot 29): adopted 5-0 after a hearing with no comments.
- #2589, accepting an amended wetlands buffer conservation easement at 3 Emerald Valley Lane (Block 11401, Lot 21): adopted 5-0 after a hearing with no comments. See parks and open space.
Resolutions
The consent agenda passed 5-0. It included:
- #2025-0398, rescinding the July 29, 2025 professional services award to Aqualis for the NJDEP MS4 mapping and watershed inventory report. The resolution says a review found that Aqualis’ proposal “will not cover all work needed to comply with NJDEP requirements and Aqualis cannot complete the project at the cost awarded.” See flooding and stormwater.
- #2025-0396, a $2,400.00 Housing Rehabilitation Program deferred loan for windows at an affordable unit on English Place, paid from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
- #2025-0397, returning a $13,534.65 maintenance surety to Basking Ridge Propco, LLC (LCB Senior Living), Block 2301 Lot 31.
- Personnel: a Health Department administrative assistant promotion, a civil engineering technician, two administrative assistants in the Clerk’s Office, and a police vacation payout.
- The bill list of November 11, 2025.
Separate 5-0 votes appointed Daniel Speeney a full member of the First Aid Squad of the Basking Ridge Fire Company #1 (#2025-0388) and David Shepard a full member of the Basking Ridge Fire Company #1 and First Aid Squad (#2025-0392). The October 28 minutes were approved unanimously.
Public comment
Ten people spoke. Eight commented on what the minutes call “the Allen Rd incident”: Saravanan Thiyagarajan, Reena Singhvi, Kathiresan Lakshmanan, Sundari Rao Arni, Anand Rai, Nancy D’Andrea, Rajkumar Ganesan and Suhas Kundargi. The minutes record only the subject. See Allen Road safety. Todd Edelstein of Riverside Drive and John Conlon of Sherwood Drive commented on the redevelopment resolution, #2025-0395.
Records
- Minutes (township document page)
- Agenda (township document page)
- Video on the township’s YouTube channel. This page follows the Committee’s minutes.